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June 18, 2012
2012 U.S. Open Notes & Quotes -- Final Round June 17, 2012 |
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Live from the U.S. Open on NBC
“This is the most pressure that these players will face because of what’s at stake. The finish line is in sight and the golf course itself, the demands of this golf course, is many and complicated and the changing conditions an ideal day for a chaser.”
--Brandel Chamblee
“This is the toughest to decipher, so many possibilities.”
--Dan Hicks on what is ahead for today with such a close field
“I think it’s more than a 50 percent chance. Both U.S. Open Champions, both steady and super accurate off the tee.”
--Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk’s and Graeme McDowell’s chances
“He has been magical out in the rough and certainly on the green.”
--Brandel Chamblee on Ernie Els
“What’s always so fascinating about a U.S. Open is, when it’s tough, it’s like a heavyweight fight going 15 rounds. He who bleeds the least so often wins.”
--Rich Lerner
U.S. Open coverage on NBC
“With so many stories covered over the last hour perhaps this final round of the U.S. Open boils down to two words: talent and tenacity. The way the Open is set up, both are demanded by the USGA in determining a champion and both traits are necessary to contend. Woods and Hossler, Els and Westwood, Adams, Jacobson and Colsaerts and finally Furyk and McDowell. Which of these players, or perhaps someone from further back, will best demonstrate those traits today?”
--Bob Costas setting up NBC’s coverage
“One thing that we’ve missed out of Tiger is a good final round, like a 63, 64, 65.”
--Johnny Miller on Tiger Woods
“That’s been the story the whole tournament. He cannot get the wedges and short irons inside of 15 feet. It’s amazing really.”
--Johnny Miller on Tiger Woods
“Phil and Tiger look like they’ve turned back the clock to when they were about five (years old).”
--Johnny Miller on the struggles of Mickelson and Woods
“He’s a pros pro. You want to know how to be a pro? Watch this man.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk
“The bottom line is, for Furyk, he wins the Open, and he’s a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame. He needs this one to be a guarantee.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk following his par on No. 1.
Following Lee Westwood’s tee shot at the fifth hole that appeared to land in a Cyprus tree and not come down, NBC ran video of Lee Janzen from 14 years earlier at the 1998 U.S. Open at Olympic, when he too hit the ball into a Cyprus on the same hole. Janzen’s eventually fell out, Westwood’s did not.
“This is eerie to say the least.”
--Dan Hicks on similarities between Westwood and Janzen’s circumstances with the Cyprus tree
“What a two!”
-Johnny Miller on Ernie Els’ eagle on No. 7
“Ernie Els in contention on Sunday afternoon. That’s a nice sounding sentence.”
--Johnny Miller following Ernie Els’ eagle at No. 7
“If he were to win, that would be coming out of left field.”
-Johnny Miller on Ernie Els
“Is he falling apart? We’ll see.”
-Johnny Miller on Graeme McDowell following his errant right tee shot at No. 7
“Either by nightfall tonight, or just before, or in a playoff tomorrow, somebody is going to raise the trophy. But this time, unlike at Congressional a year ago, it appears to be the course that is winning.”
-Bob Costas on Olympic with zero players under par
“That’s a huge miss for him…Those are the kind you have to make if you’re going to win.”
-Johnny Miller after Ernie Els missed a putt on No. 9 for par
“Just a totally different story once we hit the weekend.”
-Dan Hicks on Tiger Woods’ tournament
“That is so dead. That is incredibly dead. That is the end of his chances.”
-Johnny Miller on Padraig Harrington’s approach shot on 18, which landed buried in a bunker left of the green. Harrington was +2 at the time.
“That could be a defining moment right there. That’s a USGA moment.”
-Peter Jacobsen on Jim Furyk’s 30-foot putt on No. 12
“You have to know, folks, you watch these players right now and they don’t look nervous. They are so amped up, you can’t believe it. To win a U.S. Open, (it) changes your life.”
-Johnny Miller on nerves
“Ernie’s got like a second career right now. For him to win is like doing it for the first time.”
-Johnny Miller on Ernie Els, who has won two U.S. Opens
“I was just a touch off. That’s fine. I was still in the ballgame. Today, I just got off to a horrific start. I never got it going early and unfortunately I put myself out of it…There were a lot of positives to be taken away from this week, a lot of positives. Just have to apply them.”
-Tiger Woods to Jimmy Roberts
“I’ve never seen him hit a ball that obliquely left…Never seen him do that.”
-Peter Jacobsen on Jim Furyk’s tee shot at No. 16
“That was one bad swing right there.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk’s tee shot at No. 16
“This was a disaster swing.”
-Roger Maltbie on Jim Furyk’s tee shot at No. 16
“26-year old Webb Simpson with a clutch up-and-down at the 72nd hole.”
-Dan Hicks on Simpson completing his round, which included an impressive up-and-down on the final hole
“That was quite the third shot…I’m impressed with that.”
-Johnny Miller on Webb Simpson’s chip just off the green on No. 18
“This is a sweaty palm putt. He has to have it.”
-Roger Maltbie on Jim Furyk’s putt for bogey on No. 16, which he eventually made
“If he doesn’t win this Open, he’ll remember that tee shot on 16 for the rest of his life.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk
“I’ve probably prayed more in the last three holes than I ever done in my life.”
-Webb Simpson to Bob Costas on his final three holes
“He just fell apart is what it amounts to, at 42 years old and wanting it so badly…You’ve got to feel for him. He sure deserves to win because he works so hard in every aspect.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk’s approach shot on No. 18 that went into the left bunker
“That’s pretty sad.”
-Johnny Miller on Jim Furyk’s first bunker shot on 18, which eliminated him from a chance at winning
“And another U.S. Open slips away from Jim Furyk”
-Dan Hicks following Jim Furyk’s first bunker shot on 18, which eliminated him from a chance at winning
“I don’t know what the heck he is reading there.”
-Johnny Miller on Graeme McDowell’s final putt on 18 which would have tied him with Webb Simpson and forced a playoff
“He’s got the whole package. Good looking guy, always accessible.”
-Dan Hicks on Webb Simpson
“It was nerve wracking…I couldn’t be happier right now.”
-Webb Simpson to Bob Costas on watching Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell try to catch im down the stretch
“Enjoy the jail cell, pal.”
-Webb Simpson after a heckler attempted to disrupt the championship ceremony
“Webb Simpson is your U.S. Open champion.”
-Bob Costas
--NBC SPORTS GROUP--
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